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#35180
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14202)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question asks for the author’s attitude regarding Getting Home Alive. That discussion appears
in the third paragraph, where the author points out that this significant departure from the standard
autobiography might be seen as fragmentary or confusing, but that the complex structure is intended
to parallel the complexity that is part of the formation of the authors’ identities.
Answer choice (A): The author of the passage does not mention any such disappointment, so this
choice fails the Fact Test and should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed, the author concedes that the
structure might be seen as confusing rather than understood as intentionally complex to mirror the
complex formation of the authors’ identities.
Answer choice (C): This choice is incorrect, because the author does not mention commentators’
treatment of the work, nor would the author necessarily be surprised by anyone’s treating the work as
having historical significance.
Answer choice (D): The author is impressed with the work, but does not mention its prospects for
recognition in either context.
Answer choice (E): The author says that the Latina autobiographers discussed have pushed
the traditional boundaries, but does not insist that the book get credit for broadening critics’
understanding of autobiographies.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14202)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question asks for the author’s attitude regarding Getting Home Alive. That discussion appears
in the third paragraph, where the author points out that this significant departure from the standard
autobiography might be seen as fragmentary or confusing, but that the complex structure is intended
to parallel the complexity that is part of the formation of the authors’ identities.
Answer choice (A): The author of the passage does not mention any such disappointment, so this
choice fails the Fact Test and should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed, the author concedes that the
structure might be seen as confusing rather than understood as intentionally complex to mirror the
complex formation of the authors’ identities.
Answer choice (C): This choice is incorrect, because the author does not mention commentators’
treatment of the work, nor would the author necessarily be surprised by anyone’s treating the work as
having historical significance.
Answer choice (D): The author is impressed with the work, but does not mention its prospects for
recognition in either context.
Answer choice (E): The author says that the Latina autobiographers discussed have pushed
the traditional boundaries, but does not insist that the book get credit for broadening critics’
understanding of autobiographies.